Ledyard rallies for dramatic 28-27 win over Fitch

November 22, 2012 9:00 am • Last Updated: November 22, 2012 10:36 pm

By Chuck Banning
The Sports Editor

Ledyard's Ryan Wade, 7, Jordan Kowalski, 28, and Benjamin Morales, 52, dive to recover a Fitch fumble during the second half of the football game at Fitch High School Thanksgiving day, Nov. 22, 2012. Ledyard later went on to score after a gaining possession. Ledyard won 28-27.

Thanksgiving Day football

Groton – Darnay Gray's 20-yard touchdown run with 4:08 remaining rallied Ledyard to a dramatic 28-27 victory over Fitch on Thanksgiving morning.

The go-ahead TD, Gray's second of the game, came one play after Jordan Kowalski recovered a fumble. The Colonels overcame a 27-14 deficit to beat the Falcons for the fifth straight year.

Ledyard finishes 7-3, failing to make the Class M playoffs while Fitch is 8-2 and will unoffically open the Class L playoffs as the No. 7 seed and visit No. 2 Windsor in Tuesday's quarterfinals.

Saffwan Davis scored three touchdowns for Fitch while Ledyard quarterback John Rainey, who did not play the first three quarters, came off the bench in the fourth and threw a TD pass to Chevy Perry just 25 seconds before Gray's game-winning score.

Ledyard's Christopher Turner, 85, breaks up a pass intended for Fitch's Christian Charron, 48, during the second half of the football game at Fitch High School Thanksgiving day, Nov. 22, 2012.

Ledyard's Chevy Perry, (3), fights for a few more yards against the defense of Fitch's John Moscol, (10), and Mustapha Noivi, (2), during the game at Fitch High School Thanksgiving day, Nov. 22, 2012. Fitch leads at the half 20-14.

Brett Perry, #24, and his fellow Fitch teammates respond to the team captains shouting "breakdown" by getting into a football stance and screaming to get fired up during their warm up before their football game against Ledyard Thanksgiving day, Nov. 22, 2012.

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